Northern Ireland in the Second World War : politics, economic mobilisation and society, 1939-45 / Philip Ollerenshaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ollerenshaw, Philip, 1953-2020, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Northern Ireland.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Philip Ollerenshaw surveys the political, economic and social history of Northern Ireland in the Second World War. Since its creation in 1920, Northern Ireland has been a deeply divided society and this book explores these divisions before and during the war. It examines rearmament, the relatively slow wartime mobilisation, the 1941 Blitz, labour and industrial relations politics and social policy.

Contents:

NORTHERN IRELAND IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR: POLITICS, ECONOMIC MOBILISATION AND SOCIETY, 1939-45: PHILIPO LLERENSHAW

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Tables

Preface

List of abbreviations

Map of Northern Ireland

Introduction

1. The background to war

2. Problems of economic mobilisation, 1939-41

3. The war economy, 1941-45

4. Early wartime politics and society

5. Later wartime politics and society

Conclusion

Select bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 25, 2013).

ISBN:

9781526111623

1526111624

9781781706206

1781706204